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Coachpotato Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

it gets dark earlier

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When the winter is coming it starts to get dark earlier and when summer is coming it starts to get dark later. My question is: is there any verb in English to say that? For example, In winter the days ...

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M. on December 21st of this year, the winter solstice will occur, signaling the beginning of winter. The exact time changes slightly from year to year (some years, it falls on December 22nd), but the significance is the same.

— Marius Hancu

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  • on December 21st of this year, the winter solstice will occur, signaling the beginning of winter.
  • The exact time changes slightly from year to year (some years, it falls on December 22nd), but the significance is the same.
  • The sun has reached as far south as it will go until the equinox on June 21st, when the days begin to grow shorter again.
  • To northerners, having reached the first day of winter is a good reason to begin celebrating the holidays.
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perhaps:

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At 7:23 A.M. on December 21st of this year, the winter solstice will
occur, signaling the beginning of winter. The exact time changes
slightly from year to year (some years, it falls on December 22nd),
but the significance is the same. The sun has reached as far south as
it will go until the equinox on June 21st, when the
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Also:

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Tonight seems to be short since sunset sets in earlier everyday
http://www.fishingbuddy.com/forums/topic.php?fid=39704&tid=19007
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I think what you said originally is fine. You could say "the hours of daylight lengthen" and "the hours of daylight grow shorter" (Probably you could say "the day sof daylight shorten" but that sounds so odd to me!)
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Winter is coming; the days are getting shorter. Summer is coming; the days are getting longer. In winter, the days are shorter than in summer. The days get shorter and shorter until Winter Solstice, then they start getting longer again. The day of Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year.

Does this help?
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Thank you very much for your answers. They've been really helpful. In fact I was thinking of a phrasal verb, I knew there was a phrasal verb to say that but I couldn't remember it.

But I've just remembered it, I think you can say: 'When the winter is coming the days draw in', meaning that the days are shorter, am I right?

Is there a similar phrasal verb to
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CoachpotatoBut I've just remembered it, I think you can say: 'When the winter is coming the days draw in', meaning that the days are shorter, am I right?
Yes, you can say that:
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draw in:

intransitive verb
1 : to draw quickly toward an end <as day drew in and twilight
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two phrasal verbs:
drawing in /out
the days are drawing in = winter approaches
the days are drawing out = summer is in the air.

incho
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the days are drawing in

the days are drawing out

I don't think I've ever heard anyone say either of these. I don't doubt that they're in the dictionary; I'm just saying they are not in common use, at least not in the U.S.
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0 you could say the days "shorten"0-
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0That sounds odd to me. The days grow shorter.02br
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00Although, having now reviewed the thread, I like that poetic "draw in." It sounds all "snuggly." All fireplaces and blankets.0-
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